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    area‚ there were nice parks for whites and a fence separating them from the colored playground. In practically every building‚ a nice water fountain stood for whites and a decrepit ‘colored’ water fountain stood for blacks. Most of these segregated areas were due to the Jim Crow laws‚ where it states that black americans are legally required to attend separate schools and churches‚ use public bathrooms marked ‘for colored only’‚ eat in a separate section of any restaurant‚ and to sit in the rear of

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    separate entrances for whites and coloreds. Buses required separate ticket booths‚ waiting areas‚ and boarding docks to ensure that races do not intermix. On railroads‚ the conductor acknowledged all responsibility for seating assignments to ensure that races do not intermingle. Restaurants must be designed in such a way that coloreds have a separate entrance and dining area. It was unlawful for a white and colored man to play a game of billiards together. White and colored men were required by law to

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    fight for equal rights. The case states that any business or service had to serve African Americans in equal but separate places than white people. These "separate" places were labeled "White" and "Colored." In fact the seperate places that they were required by law to go to were not equal. In general Colored buildings and utilities were older and dirtier compared to White people utilities. This case set back equal rights however‚ it made African Americans fight for their endowed rights for decades to

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    chromatography and lastly‚ measure the RF values of the coloured components in thin layer chromatography. The students plugged the column with cotton and silica gel inside the pasture pipette which later introduce the extract and eluent inside. The colored eluate was then collected and applied in precoated thin layer chromatography plate by spotting it ten times. Afterwards‚ the precoated thin layer chromatography plate was placed inside the closed beaker with 15 milliliter of dichloromethane-hexane

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    very large‚ and are commonly white‚ pink‚ red‚ or yellow. Encyclopedia Britannica V 2. Dyes –are natural substances and highly colored chemicals synthesized from coal‚ tar or petroleum products and used to color textiles and such other products as plastics‚ paper‚ leather‚ fur‚ oil‚ rubber‚ soap‚ food‚ cosmetics‚ inks‚ and metal surfaces. 3. Dyestuffs –intensely colored substances used for imparting color to other materials. Dyestuffs are soluble in the medium in which they are applied‚ whereas

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    in perception is very important and leads to the overall growth of the person. For example‚ during the early 90s in North America colored skinned people mostly Blacks or Negros were severely oppressed and underwent lot of humiliation and savage treatment. They were flogged‚ killed in large numbers and faced brutal punishment for no other reason than being of colored skin. This discrimination went on for a long time unchallenged and uncontrolled. It was not till much longer did this stop and the

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    In Colored Me Zora Neal Hurston illustrates how similar people really are through the analogy of paper bags‚ and the obstacles she has to face when Zora talks about race. During this time era Zora Neal Hurston had never witnessed racism while living in Eatonville‚ Florida. Only because she was in a town where there were just colored folks. The only time Zora would see white people were when they were passing through or coming from Orlando. It wasn’t until Zora got sent to school in Jacksonville

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    In Brent Staples “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space‚” and Zora Hurston’s “How it feels to Be Colored Me‚” both authors face discrimination because of their color. While each author begins to feel discrimination in their lives‚ they accept how they are treated in society‚ and they both overcome being angry at others for the way they were treated. While both authors face being discriminated against during their lives they realize that society treats them differently. Staples begins to

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    from the gangster background. It seems exaggerating‚ but this is life for many out there and believe it or not people go through this on an everyday basis. In resume‚ racial profiling is not acceptable in an way to anyone from both Hispanics or colored people due to taking only race into account while profiling is an acceptable expression because this is mainly on the person’s inner self. As shown on the articles and novels‚ in today’s time racial profiling is still practiced by people‚ however

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    action and went as far as shooting colored people that planned to vote. Fortunately‚ their voices were not so easily smothered beneath a pillow of intimidation. Colored people continued to practice their right to vote no matter the consequence‚ for they knew that the moment they give up‚ they give in. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 altered the current state of America’s “normal culture”. As black children were allowed share the same school as white kids‚ colored children received the same education

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